Definition of porter Porter

/pɔˈɹtɚ/ - [porter] - por•ter

We found 22 definitions of porter from 5 different sources.

What does porter mean?

Noun Plural: porters
porter - a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
		laborer, labourer, manual laborer, jack someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
		redcap a porter who helps passengers with their baggage at a railroad station
porter - a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley
		porter's beer
porter - a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)
		Pullman porter
porter - United States writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910)
		William Sydney Porter, O. Henry
porter - United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946)
		Cole Porter, Cole Albert Porter
porter - United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980)
		Katherine Anne Porter
porter - someone who guards an entrance
		doorkeeper, doorman, door guard, hall porter, gatekeeper, ostiary
		guard a position on a basketball team
		commissionaire a uniformed doorman
		night porter a porter on duty during the night
Verb porters, portering, portered
porter - carry luggage or supplies; "They portered the food up Mount Kilimanjaro for the tourists"
		transport, carry move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river"

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porter (Noun)
A person who carries luggage and related objects.
porter (Noun)
A person in control of the entrance to a building.
porter (Noun)
In the bowling industry, an employee who clears and cleans tables and puts bowling balls away.
porter (Noun)
A strong, dark ale, originally favored by porters, similar to a stout but less strong.
porter (Noun)
Another name for the malt brew stout.
porter (Noun)
One who ports software converts it to another platform.
porter (Verb)
To serve as a porter, to carry.

porter (n.)
A man who has charge of a door or gate; a doorkeeper; one who waits at the door to receive messages.
porter (n.)
A carrier; one who carries or conveys burdens, luggage, etc.; for hire.
porter (n.)
A bar of iron or steel at the end of which a forging is made; esp., a long, large bar, to the end of which a heavy forging is attached, and by means of which the forging is lifted and handled in hammering and heating; -- called also porter bar.
porter (n.)
A malt liquor, of a dark color and moderately bitter taste, possessing tonic and intoxicating qualities.

porter
pōrt′ėr, n. a door-keeper or gate-keeper: one who waits at the door to receive messages:—fem. Port′eress, Port′ress.—n. Port′erage, the office or duty of a porter.—Porter's lodge, a house or an apartment near a gate for the use of the porter. [O. Fr. portier—Low L. portarius—L. porta, a gate.]
porter
pōrt′ėr, n. one who carries burdens for hire: a dark-brown malt liquor, prob. because a favourite drink with London porters.—ns. Port′erage, carriage: charge made by a porter for carrying goods; Port′er-house, a restaurant; Port′erhouse-steak (U.S.), a choice cut of beef-steak next to the sirloin.—adv. Port′erly, like a porter: coarse. [O. Fr. porteur—L. portāre, to carry.]

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